The Taiwan stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, plunging almost 1,400 points or 8.3 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just above the 15,900-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Stock Crash Deepens as Traders Unwind Leveraged Bets
That takes the two-day drop in leverage to NT$25.6 billion, showing traders faced margin calls by brokers to cover losses in their stock accounts. The worry is that falling share prices will trigger a ... ( read original story ...)
E-Commerce Grows Steadily in Taiwan Amid Pandemic
COVID-19 has given a modest boost to online shopping in Taiwan, with platforms such as Momo, PChome, and Shopee strengthening their market positions. In a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese Cities Tighten Restrictions After COVID-19 Cases Rise
Taiwanese cities are tightening restrictions on access to public venues like gyms and libraries after a rare rise in domestic COVID-19 infections that has spooked the stock market and unnerved the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports record 16 new domestic cases, may raise COVID-19 alert level
TAIPEI: Taiwan reported its largest daily rise in domestic COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (May 12), while the stock market tanked after the health ... ( read original story ...)
Is archaeology conceivable within the degrowth movement?
Since the 1980s, archaeology has been further embedded in a reinforced and accelerating capitalist ideology, namely neo-liberalism. Most archaeologists had no alternative but to adapt to it through ... ( read original story ...)
Commercial property sales surge 60% in Q1
Taiwan started off this year with the fastest increase in commercial property sales, which soared 60 percent from a year earlier to US$1.3 billion last quarter, a report by Real Capital Analytics (RCA ... ( read original story ...)
Will Taiwan’s allies switch allegiance to Beijing to obtain vaccines?
The coronavirus is testing Taiwan's relations with its formal allies as Taipei struggles to help them with urgently needed vaccines and medical supplies, observers say. Several of Taipei's allies had ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stock crash shows world dangers of too much leverage
The trading day started out quiet in Taipeis $2 trillion stock bourse. But before the morning was over, the local benchmark index had plummeted almost 9 per cent in the worst one-day performance in ... ( read original story ...)
As Taiwan stocks plunge, this asset manager reveals how to play the tech-heavy market
With Taiwan's benchmark stock index plunging, Jian Shi Cortesi, an investment director at GAM, gives her tips on how to select the right tech investments. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan reports record 16 cases, eyes tighter rules for businesses
The island has already restricted public gatherings after finding a cluster of cases with no clear source of infection. ( read original story ...)
One of the world’s best Covid-19 success stories is inching closer to a lockdown
Taiwan was quick to shutter its borders to Covid-19, and reduce cases to near zero. Now, the virus is reappearing. ( read original story ...)
US-China tech war helps drive Taiwanese semiconductor investment in mainland, despite tensions
Taiwanese tech companies are expanding investment in the mainland, despite cross-strait tensions and a chorus of voices in Washington calling for tougher restrictions on Beijing. ( read original story ...)
China Threatens To Blacklist Top Taiwan Diplomat ‘For Life’
Taiwan called the Chinese official's comments "absurd" and likened them to Beijing's "wolf warrior" diplomacy. ( read original story ...)
How a Taiwanese realty firm tackled young people’s fear to get married and became the most viewed local ad
What made Sinyi Realty's brand campaign, designed to encourage young people to overcome their fear of commitment, emerge as the most shared and liked Taiwanese ad. The Drum finds out ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan leads losses as Asian markets fall on inflation anxiety
Equities in Taipei pulled back from early losses of nearly 8.6 per cent while the Taiwan dollar recovered to hold steady after the country's deputy finance minister stepped in to call for calm, saying ... ( read original story ...)